Torchwood

[sebastienne]

All. Is. Forgiven. Clearly the entirety of the series - that I so frequently derided - was all build-up to this double bill.

Guh. Jack/Jack was the closest aproximation I have ever seen to my bizarre little fetish about people going back in time and getting it on with themselves. Jack fights the devil/death, spends three days dead, and then comes back to forgive people for shooting him and ascend into the TARDIS. Bilis was an adorable villain - when we first saw him as the doorman at the dance hall I said I thought he was gorgeous.. I should have known they wouldn't have such a camp wonder as a minor character.

I'm having a little trouble with The Story of O.. it gave me two panic attacks yesterday and I had to come home from VOLES New Year. I won't post any more about it here, because I want to leave it a while until the anxiety dissipates and then give the book another chance. Perhaps it's nothing to do with the book at all; after being a recluse all term, maybe locking myself in a secluded scout hut with a large group of people was too much, too soon. Still, it's irritating; I had been fine since I started the beta-blockers. I thought I was all better - clearly, there's still work to be done. But I will not stop fighting this. You will see me being myself again. Much love to you all and happy new year!

Comments

[vampire-kitten.livejournal.com]

That one kiss makes up for a whole series of bad. Honestly. The dance on repeat (with the kiss! and the hand-holding) for the rest of my life = happiness.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

Who was Bilis?! I know I've seen the actor before...and gods, it was a gorgeous and wonderful kiss, but still not enough for me to suspend disbelief that there wouldn't be an outcry in a military gathering in 1941. Ditto with "go, have sex with your girl, IT WON'T RUIN HER LIFE once you've popped off".

Anyway, that (and Jack chuckling at Toshiko being pulled onto the dance floor by some unscrupulous officer, and the truly shit CGI...was it a goat?) aside, great eps. No, seriously! My snark is just stuck on scattershot when it comes to TW.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

Ahah. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578527/) He was in the Jonathan Creek Christmas special. Hours of frustration averted.

On reflection, maybe I was a little harsh on the girlfriend thing. I should have said "possibly, if anyone finds out in 1940s Britain, but you won't be around to provide any help or support with that anyway oh whoops did I say that out loud".

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

And GOD the TARDIS noises and glowy Doctorhand and then Jack disappearing without so much as a tiny teasing visual. I HATE YOU, TORCHWOOD WRITERS, I HATE YOU ALL. *wails and pummels wall*

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

yeah, while hand-holding in private was all well & good, i can't believe that the crowd of 40s people would have just stood there and watched in silence. pretty as it was.. historically, just no.

and yeah, the CGI was rubbish - a consequence accidental running-out-of-budget right at the end? And as for the goat thing, I would have prefered the tentacular thing from the first episode of Sarah-Jane (did you see that? it was better than many episodes of Torchwood). Cthulu FTW!

[igniscience.livejournal.com]

we all cheered when Owen got shot, and when Jack was kissing, but apart from that we spent most of last night's episodes collapsed in semi-hysterical laughter at the sheer psychotic muppetry, poor characterisation and cartoonish absurdity of it all.

we also have a theory that though the Original Captain Jack's squadron said he was shot down fighting off two flights of Messerschmitts unexpectedly encountered in their training area and thus enabled the rest of the squadron to escape entirely unscathed, they actually shot him down themselves for being gay. either that or he went off kamikaze. because, romantic as it might be to believe otherwise, publicly outing a military officer in 1941 was ruining their life. and talking of shoddy plotholes, why was the blood on the letter still red after a few days, let alone over sixty years ? and what was wrong with writing in pencil, anyway ? i could rant at length, but shall restrain myself. at least we have been promised John Barrowman getting his kit off in series two, or so he said in an interview for The Metro a little while back.

ooh, SJA has tentacles you say ? must watch...

[vampire-kitten.livejournal.com]

romantic as it might be to believe otherwise, publicly outing a military officer in 1941 was ruining their life. and talking of shoddy plotholes,

Maybe got off by blaming it on alien mind control? I mean the guy did vanish in the middle of the dance.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

yes, tentacles, and better plot than some Torchwood. about on a par with last year's DW xmas special, minus the regeneration fun, I'd say.